Box kite to Bali
Subtitle: the last great adventure of a U.S. Navy pilot
By: George Thackray Weems ; edited by Gwen Manseau
Contributors: Manseau, Gwen, editor
Publisher: Fox Road Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Annapolis, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9780988834200
Subjects: DH.89 (Transport plane); De Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide; Military Air pilots; Travel; United States; Aviation; United States. Navy; Biography
Description: George T. Weems's memoir of piloting a Rapide from England to its new owner, Connellan Airways, in Australia in 1950 while on leave from the Navy. He was accompanied by his father, P.V.H. Weems, as navigator, and by a fellow Navy pilot and an engineer from Connellan. The memoir was edited after his death by his niece, Gwenann Manseau, using photos and ephemera Weems had gathered on his journey.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-57).